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I am sooo mad that my fav Midwestern chain has fallen to RFK Jr/Big Beef Tallow 🤢

nothin better than standing regular-style in my favorite restaurant. i love to cross that threshold and plant my feet in a loose but vigilant straddle, like anyone would

And we're having fake spring here so let's celebrate with a #giveaway! I'm giving away three copies of WINTER WHITE. Comment GIVEAWAY to enter. Extra entry for teachers and librarians and for people in Minnesota and Maine. Giveaway only available to those in the US and Canada. #booksky

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

Graphic reads "Want to read more books with trans & n-b characters? I Shall Never fall in love - Regency rom-com graphic novel with a transmasc/n-b MC. Choose your own path (and gender) in Into the Tower (n-b love interest) or Night at the vampire castle (transfeminine n-b and trans man MCs).

Graphic reads 'Recent books I enjoyed with trans and/or n-b leads', with the book covers of A Lady for All seasons by TJ alexander, the Scandalous letters of V and J by felicia Davin, Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto, Angelica and the bear prince by Trung le Nguyen, and Trans history, a graphic novel by Alex L Combs & Andrew Eakett.

if YOU are doing Trans Rights Readathon (I am, more info next week) or simply looking to read more fun things with trans people in, here's a reminder my books exist and an excuse to shout out some books I really enjoyed. Thread ⤵️

#TransRightsReadathon #trr26

Do you have a skill you can share with your community? Active bystander training? Ways to stretch a food budget? Understanding and influencing zoning regulations? Making zines & other public art? You can share your skills AND support a local organization through a Be the Change Workshop

The joke was this. She was explaining how she got into writing and said that a guy asked her "So what's your story?" and she said, "Well, I'm Lithuanian" and he said "Oh noo, is that serious?" well I LAUGHED

And then last night I got to go to dinner with Ruta & some other school/library folks, and when I introduced myself to Ruta she IMMEDIATELY said "Oh, were you the one who laughed really loudly this afternoon?" She was excited about it but 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠

Yesterday I was Perceived :( In the afternoon I went to an author visit (Ruta Sepetys!! An icon, a legend!) at a local school. I sat in the very last row, not taking space from a student, just happy to be there. She told a joke and I laughed LOUDLY and all the kids turned around to LOOK AT ME

No, she did! This is my convoluted attempt at the meme of posting baby pictures and saying what they do now. That's a baby muffin who grows up to be eaten in a romance novel.

look at baby Duarte!!!! just the littlest guyyyyyyy

the funniest part of this article is when the author hits pause to be like "I personally don't read romance, I am in a book club called the Difficult Books Club where we read the Brothers Karamazov and kind of hate it." seems like the wrong person to be writing about romance and fanfic then idk

Sorry I’m a non-gamer tonight! I’ll be in transit.

Same 🙈 I experience it 65% as an audio drama and it’s still great

Also to be clear I have no condescension in my heart for any of these people!! I love the magic of live theater and people responding to it!! As long as their dang cell phones are off!

Move over, “people gasping when Orpheus turns around in Hadestown.” Make room for “lady behind me at Six who went OHHHH when Anne Boleyn said ‘don’t lose your head.’”

I mean there's a lot to feel bad about GENERALLY and sometimes I feel overwhelmed about my personal inability to solve every world problem but then I remember that ummm no one can do that and it's not a reasonable standard?

Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Whenever I get very angry with this current timeline, I donate to a rent fund.

It is very cathartic, I highly recommend you try it.

www.standwithminnesota.com

a man in a suit is standing next to a woman in a bathtub and says there there . ALT: a man in a suit is standing next to a woman in a bathtub and says there there .

I would say that in my experience yes it is possible and uhh I hope you can get there! I think you're doing great at Being a Person in 2026!

Tweet that reads Leo Xander @STALLEON Stop taking social media so serious. Nothing here is real. Look at this chicken V - it is bigger than the car

I think about this tweet every time I feel something online start to curl its annoying little grip into my head

Free Keshia Golden, charged with murder for the outcome of an act of self-defense. bit.ly/FreeKeshia

Keshia Golden is a Chicago mother who would not be alive and raising her young child today had she not acted in defense of herself and her pregnancy. Charging her with murder suggests that she did not have the right to self-defense. bit.ly/FreeKeshia

yesss co-signed

Oh nooo, sorry about your job and the dog 😔

maybe Copilot can teach them some manners but honestly doubtful

now is this patron using Microsoft Copilot on a library computer and did they need assistance printing on the library printer earlier this morning? hmm idk I'm sure Microsoft Copilot can help you with that. have fun with Wire Mother, Cloth Mother is gonna go eat candy in the break room

one of our frequent flyer patrons told me that I could be replaced by Microsoft Copilot and like, babe, don't threaten me with a good time #SaturdayLibrarian

I guess it’s also funny to imagine buying directly from Gatorade dot com. Like that’s a grocery store item. But yeah sure I’m sure some families do regularly need $75+ worth of electrolytes. For sport 💪

Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,